Converse II Grad Releases YA Bible-based Fantasy Novel
Education grad and Converse II student Melissa Rhodes ’10, ’12 can officially add ‘writer’ to her resume. Her young adult, Bible-based fantasy novel, The Book in the Basket, was released in …
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Dr. Julie Jones Selected as Editor for SCATE
Dr. Julie Jones has been selected as the new editor for the South Carolina Association of Teacher Educators (SCATE)’s journal: Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina (TEJSC). The TEJSC publishes …
Digitization Project of 9,000 Specimens from Converse’s Ravenel Collection Completed
Cristal Carreno ’17 and Nisbet Honors student Grace Frazor ’17 spent last summer digitizing the herbarium as part of the project funded by a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Dr. Doug …
Exploring Fine Art with Jazz and Legos
Dr. Susanne Floyd Gunter and Professor Andrea Elliott conducted workshops for the Olde English Consortium Fine Arts Professional Development Conference. Dr. Gunter presented, “Jazz Up Your Sketchbooks,” while Professor Elliott …
Grammy, Tony Award Winner Tells Music Business Students: Be Unique
Be you, be unique. Get inspired. Do what excites you. And when you get stuck, stop and do something else, then get back to work becoming you. That’s just one …
English Grad Brings Her Negotiating Skills to Richmond Law
Former head delegate of Converse’s Model Programs and Nisbet Honors member, Julie Edwards ’15, won the University of Richmond Law School’s first and second year “negotiation competition.” The negotiation team …
Dr. Walker Discusses the Heroic Women of the American Revolution
Dr. Melissa Walker gave a presentation entitled “Women Who Risked Their Necks in the American Revolution” to the Kate Barry Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and presented …
Spanish and Politics Student Explores International Affairs First-Hand in NYC
Nisbet Honors student Olivia Haas ’18 is spending the fall semester with the Bard College Globalization and International Affairs Program, a highly competitive national program based in New York City. As …
Rolling Stone Magazine Profiles MFA Grad Phillip Quinn Morris
MFA fiction graduate Phillip Quinn Morris ’14 is featured in France’s version of Rolling Stone Magazine. The article is related to the European publication of Morris’s novel, Mr. Alabama. Learn …